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List of Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign endorsements

This is a list of notable persons and groups who formally endorsed or voiced support for Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign during the Democratic Party primaries and the general election.

U.S. presidents and vice presidents

U.S. senators

Current

Former

U.S. representatives

Current

Former

Governors

Current

Former

Presidential staff and advisors

Military

National political figures

Mayors

State, local, and territory officials

Publications

Newspapers

Magazines

Academics

Economists

Scientists

Other academics

  • Stephen B. Burbank, Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Ellen P. Chapnick, Dean for Social Justice Initiatives at Columbia Law School
  • Ronald Dworkin, Professor of Law and Political Philosophy at New York University
  • Michael Eric Dyson, professor at Georgetown University
  • John Hope Franklin, past president of the American Historical Association, Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University, chairman of President Bill Clinton's Initiative on Race in 1999, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995
  • Francis Fukuyama, Professor of International Political Economy at Johns Hopkins University
  • William R. Harvey, president, Hampton University
  • Alice Kessler-Harris, R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History at Columbia University
  • Scott Kurashige, associate professor of American Culture, History, and Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies at the University of Michigan
  • Lawrence Lessig, professor at Stanford Law School
  • Grande Lum, Lecturer on negotiation at University of California, Berkeley Law School
  • Manning Marable, Professor of Public Affairs, History and African-American Studies at Columbia University
  • Michael McFaul, Professor of Political Science at Stanford University
  • Michael Nacht, Dean of Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley
  • Martha Nussbaum, Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago
  • Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
  • Frances Fox Piven, professor of political science and sociology at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York
  • Samantha Power, professor at Harvard University and Pulitzer Prize-winner
  • Anita Ramasastry, professor of law at the University of Washington School of Law
  • Riordan Roett, Professor of Western Hemisphere Studies and the Latin American Studies Program of Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University
  • Barnett Rubin, Director of Studies and Senior Fellow of Center on International Cooperation at the New York University
  • Simon Schama, professor of history and art history at Columbia University
  • Laurence Tribe, professor of constitutional law at Harvard Law School
  • Edward Tufte, Professor Emeritus of Statistics at Yale University
  • David G. Victor, professor at Stanford Law School
  • Celeste Wallander, professor at Georgetown University
  • Barbara Weinstein, president of the American Historical Association (2007)
  • Cornel West, Professor of Religion at Princeton University
  • B. Joseph White, president, University of Illinois

Business people

Fashion designers

Labor unions

Labor leaders and union officials

Social and political activists

Organizations

Environmental organizations, humane organizations, and wildlife groups

Other organizations

Native American tribes

Entertainers and artists

Actors and actresses

Comedians

Directors

Models

Musicians

Television and radio personalities

Writers

Foreign writers

Athletes and sports

NBA basketball players

NFL football

Major League Baseball (MLB)

Wrestlers and boxers

Others

Notable family members of political figures

Other notable individuals

Foreign political figures

See also

References